# ὑπὲρ Πολυστράτου 5

Lysias, ὑπὲρ Πολυστράτου, Section 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lysias/text-24/5

καὶ κατηγοροῦσι μὲν αὐτοῦ ὡς πολλὰς ἀρχὰς ἦρξεν, ἀποδεῖξαι δὲ οὐδεὶς οἷός τέ ἐστιν ὡς οὐ καλῶς ἦρξεν. ἐγὼ δʼ ἡγοῦμαι οὐ τούτους ἀδικεῖν ἐν τοῖς πράγμασιν ἐκείνοις, ἀλλʼ εἴ τις ὀλίγας ἄρξας ἀρχὰς μὴ τὰ ἄριστα ἦρξε τῇ πόλει. οὐ γὰρ οἱ καλῶς ἄρχοντες προὐδίδοσαν τὴν πόλιν,

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Lysias, ὑπὲρ Πολυστράτου, ed. W.R.M. Lamb. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0540.tlg020.local001/.